Joshv06

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My current amp putts out 200watts at 2 ohms per channel (2 channel), and i am currently running my front and rears which are both 4 ohms, so i the amp is currently running them in two ohms. My question is would i gain anything from wiring the fronts into 8 ohms (they are single voice coil) and my rears to 8 ohms (also single voice coil) and run my amp bridged for both front and rear (amp puts 400 at 4 ohms)

Would i gain anything from this, cuz the amp see the speakers as 4 ohms?? Or since there is more resistance from wiring to 8 ohms?

Thanks

FusionMadsen

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No, I doubt your amp would even run at 8 ohms.

Joshv06

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Care to explain why it wouldnt??? If im not wrong any amp can play a load higher then its rated.. ex you can run a 4 ohm, 8 or whatever as long as its not lower then what its rated for..

Brad-S.A.

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Actually, if im reading right, you are currectly bridging your front and back into 2ohms to get the full potential of the amp. And you want to know if you wire them in series (front and back) and the bridge both sides and run it 4ohm mono if you would gain anything, correct? If this what you mean then no you would actually lose your balance and stereo reproduction. The amp is putting out the same power either way. So my vote is leave it.

FusionMadsen

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You could run 8 ohms bridged, but 8 ohms per channel prolly wouldnt even be worth it.

Joshv06

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my bad guys, my amp is rated as such:

200 watts RMS x 2 at 2 ohms
400 watts RMS x 1 in bridged mode @ 4 ohms

im running a hertz ESK 165 in the front and some cheap pioneers in the rear. Does anyone have any exprience with how many watts the the hertz could take?

Joshv06

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Yea thats what i mean, i was pretty sure i would gain anything due to the increase in resistance, BTW its a pain not being able to fade front to back currently..

Greg_Canada

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Hrm, just leave it as is, all speakers are seeing 100wrms right now, and if you only run the front 2 speaks, it will still only see 100wrms. if you look at it, there is no way you're going to get more than 100wrms to a speaker (unless you only hook one up mono, which would be stupid).
Leave it, until you can get another amp for the rear speakers.

rmorris003

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either get another 2 channel for get a 4 channel